Software Engineer (Backend)

Galvanize, a Diligent Brand is the leader in modern governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). We empower leaders to turn governance into a competitive advantage through unparalleled insight and highly secure, integrated SaaS applications, helping organizations thrive and endure in today’s complex, global landscape. The largest global network of corporate directors and executives, Diligent is relied on by more than 19,000 organizations and nearly 700,000 leaders in over 90 countries. With award-winning customer service, Diligent serves more than 50% of the Fortune 1000, 70% of the FTSE 100, and 65% of the ASX. Our passionate, smart, and creative group of more than 1,000 employees support customers around the globe.

Spend your days making a difference, not just working for a living. We do that by creating security, risk management, compliance, and audit software that uncovers fraud, waste, environmental risk, and abuse in their organizations. With an award-winning culture and a global presence, our collaborative R&D teams use Serverless AWS technologies to build our SaaS platform and tackle strategic business challenges, creating highly impactful solutions for today and for our future.

We take pride in what we do, so if you want to read more about how we engineer, check out our engineering blog!

Exciting Opportunity Awaits

As a Software Engineer, you will be creating robust, scalable, and secure microservices that power our SaaS platform and make governance easy for our customers. You’ll have the full power of AWS at your disposal and you’ll be focused on building Serverless solutions (either brand new, or assisting in migrating services to Serverless), typically in TypeScript. As part of our core governance teams, your team will fully own their services (from code to deployment and monitoring).

What you will do
• Implement secure and scalable solutions using AWS Serverless technology
• Develop Terraform Providers, Code libraries, CLIs, typically in Go lang and TypeScript.
• Develop high quality code (e.g. adhering to solid principles) with plenty of tests and observability baked-in.
• Work in a collaborative environment where you regularly pair with seniors and execute tasks as a team.
• Should develop software as per design in a simple and efficient manner.
• Independently manage your tasks in JIRA without manager involvement

What you need to succeed
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience delivering large-scale, high availability, secure applications in an agile environment.
• 1+ years of experience with Go language, Node.Js, modern JavaScript to build robust and scalable applications.
• Strong in OOPS concepts and software engineering.
• Strong ability to develop product requirements as per design in an efficient manner.
• Care deeply about code quality and writing great tests at multiple layers
• Passion for learning, sharing your knowledge and continuous improvement
• Excitement for understanding our customers and their problems, so that we can improve governance all around the world
• Experience with AWS, Terraform is a plus
• Contributions to open-source projects and involvement in local meetups are a plus

Why you’ll love working here
• You’ll be working in a Serverless organization that strives to primarily develop solutions in a Serverless fashion on AWS. You can read more how we use AWS as a framework.
• You’ll be rapidly learning with our structured training programs and our company culture that emphasizes continuous teaching and coaching. You can read more about how we develop talent in R&D.
• You’ll have a high impact in the world by building software that improves the daily experience of employees and citizens all around the world.
• You’ll be paid well and enjoy great benefits, paid days off to volunteer in your community, and other perks to keep your mind and body healthy.

Ready to apply?

Thanks for your interest! Apply at wegalvanize.com/careers. Once we’re reviewed your application and determined it’s a match, we’ll reach out with next steps. Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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Galvanize welcomes applications from all candidates who meet our job requirements. Galvanize does not discriminate based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, disability, genetic characteristics or a conviction for which a pardon has been granted or a record suspended.

Galvanize focuses on SaaS. Their company has offices in Canada, India, United States, Vancouver, and United Kingdom. They have a large team that's between 201-500 employees.

You can view their website at https://www.wegalvanize.com/ or find them on LinkedIn